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Torah: Deut. 33:1-34:12 (We; Genesis 1:1-2:3

Prophets: Josh. 1:1-18

New Testament: Rev. 22:1-21

Commentary

The final reading of this cycle occurs on Simchat Torah ("Joy of the Torah"), a Rabbinical festival celebrating both the completion of the year's Torah Reading cycle as well as the start of a new cycle.During Simchat Torah the last Torah portion (from Deuteronomy) is read as well as the first verses of the first portion (from Genesis), thereby indicating that Talmud Torah (the study of Torah) never ends. The idea that Torah study is cyclical finds expression in the ritual of dancing around and around the Torah, known as hakkafot. Round and round the year we go...

The study of the Torah is a circle that follows the seasons of God's salvation. Its pages are archetypes and parables of the human condition that reveal God's salvation. In this connection, it is interesting to note that the very first letter of the Torah is the Bet in the word bereshit, and the very last letter of the Torah is the Lamed in the word Israel. Putting these letters together we get the word leb, “heart,” (note the similarity to the English word “love”) suggesting that the entire Torah – from the first letter to the last – reveals the heart and love of God for us… Moreover, the first letter of Scripture is a Bet, as explained above, and the last letter is a Nun (?) in the word “Amen”, so the whole Bible – from beginning to end – reveals the Person of God the Son  for us…